Knowing what we know about drug use and harm-specifically that legal drugs kill vastly more users than illegal drugs-explain the disjunction between the volume of media attention paid to the latter versus the former. Try to discuss this matter objectively rather than moralistically. What makes death as a result of use of an illicit drug more newsworthy than death as a result of an illegal drug?

What will be an ideal response?


Answers will vary.

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